Owners

DC United are co-owned, with the duo in charge also having interests elsewhere.

Jason Levien is one, and he will be familiar to Swansea City fans as he co-owns the Premier League side.

The other is Erick Thohir, the Indonesian businessman who is also chairman and co-owner of Inter Milan, through his International Sports Capital Group.

Swansea co-owner Jason Levien (right) (Image: Getty Images Europe)

Ground

The club currently play at the 45,000-capacity Robert F.Kennedy Memorial Stadium, but averaged just 17,000 crowds last year.

However, they will move to the new 20,000 purpose-built Audi Field stadium in July.

The club will move into Audi Field this summer (Image: DC United)

The new stadium will have a 20,000 capacity (Image: DC United)

DC currently play at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (Image: Getty Images)

(Image: Getty Images)

Why Rooney, why now?

United are looking to grow commercially.

They have been desperate to bring in a marquee name ahead of their move; the likes of Fernando Torres have previously been mentioned.

Rooney fits the bill, and from his point of view, this July is the perfect time to arrive.

If he joins on July 10 he faces 14 of 19 home games in the second half of the season, thus easing him into MLS life, with its unique travel demands - something Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard have both previously admitted struggling with.